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* Appearing in a cameo role in the serial was actor and ''Doctor Who'' fan [[David Tennant]], who in April 2005 was announced as the [[Tenth Doctor]]. He was not originally cast in the production, but Tennant happened to be recording a Radio 4 adaptation of ''The Amazing Maurice'' ''and His Educated Rodents'' in a neighbouring studio. When he discovered what was being recorded next door, he convinced the director to give him a small role. ([[DWM 336]]) Tennant had several roles in [[Big Finish Productions]]' ''Doctor Who'' related audios before he was cast as the [[Tenth Doctor]] on the [[BBC Wales]]' produced series. | * Appearing in a cameo role in the serial was actor and ''Doctor Who'' fan [[David Tennant]], who in April 2005 was announced as the [[Tenth Doctor]]. He was not originally cast in the production, but Tennant happened to be recording a Radio 4 adaptation of ''The Amazing Maurice'' ''and His Educated Rodents'' in a neighbouring studio. When he discovered what was being recorded next door, he convinced the director to give him a small role. ([[DWM 336]]) Tennant had several roles in [[Big Finish Productions]]' ''Doctor Who'' related audios before he was cast as the [[Tenth Doctor]] on the [[BBC Wales]]' produced series. | ||
* If the viewer right clicks and selects play after the end of episode 3, an alternate version of the closing credits plays (followed by the final part of the episode). | * If the viewer right clicks and selects play after the end of episode 3, an alternate version of the closing credits plays (followed by the final part of the episode). | ||
* To give the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] an ongoing thread of foreshadowing to ''Scream of the Shalka'', [[Justin Richards]] introduced in the novel ''[[Sometime Never... (novel)|Sometime Never...]]'' a disembodied version of the Master permanently trapped in the machinery of [[the Doctor's TARDIS]], with the appearance of the ''Scream of the Shalka'' Master. The Eighth Doctor has several conversations with this Master in the later EDAs, with | * To give the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] an ongoing thread of foreshadowing to ''Scream of the Shalka'', [[Justin Richards]] introduced in the novel ''[[Sometime Never... (novel)|Sometime Never...]]'' a disembodied version of the Master permanently trapped in the machinery of [[the Doctor's TARDIS]], with the appearance of the ''Scream of the Shalka'' Master. The Eighth Doctor has several conversations with this Master in the later EDAs, with Richards intending that this Master will later be transferred into an android body by the Doctor. ([[DWM 338]]) | ||
* Around the time of providing the voice of Alison, [[Sophie Okonedo]] also filmed a role in the movie ''Hotel Rwanda'', for which she was nominated for an Academy Award; this makes Okonedo, to date, the only companion actor to have been nominated for an Oscar. Okonedo would eventually return to televised ''[[Doctor Who]]'' in [[Series 5 (Doctor Who)|the 2010 series]] as the recurring character [[Elizabeth X]]. | * Around the time of providing the voice of Alison, [[Sophie Okonedo]] also filmed a role in the movie ''Hotel Rwanda'', for which she was nominated for an Academy Award; this makes Okonedo, to date, the only companion actor to have been nominated for an Oscar. Okonedo would eventually return to televised ''[[Doctor Who]]'' in [[Series 5 (Doctor Who)|the 2010 series]] as the recurring character [[Elizabeth X]]. | ||
* [[Richard E Grant]] previously played [[Tenth Doctor (The Curse of Fatal Death)|a spoof Tenth Doctor]] in ''[[The Curse of Fatal Death (TV story)|The Curse of Fatal Death]]'' and would later play [[Walter Simeon]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]''. | * [[Richard E Grant]] previously played [[Tenth Doctor (The Curse of Fatal Death)|a spoof Tenth Doctor]] in ''[[The Curse of Fatal Death (TV story)|The Curse of Fatal Death]]'' and would later play [[Walter Simeon]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]''. | ||
